Weather Records on 24 January 1946

355 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 January 1946. Highest significance: West Haldon, AU.

Key Facts for 24 January 1946

On 24 January 1946, 355 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
110 were record highs and 21 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 11 monthly and 341 daily.
West Haldon set an all-time record daily precipitation of 173.5 mm (6.8 in) on 24 January 1946.
Across 160 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 485 records.

Record Map

355 stations

355 station records on 24 January 1946 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 January 1946: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
West Haldon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	173.5 mm (6.8 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Guayama 1SW	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Porthill	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Kachess	United States	Record daily snowfall	54.6 cm (21.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Creston	Canada	Record daily snowfall	32.3 cm (12.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Pleasant Valley	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Wallace	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lyndon	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Inglewood Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	94.2 mm (3.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Wallangarra Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Trout Creek 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Keechelus	United States	Record daily snowfall	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Stehekin 4 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kilkivan Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	103.9 mm (4.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mountain View	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Parkdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Nome AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.3 cm (6.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Banana Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Buchan (Gillingall)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Detroit	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Armstrong	Canada	Record daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Stockdill Rch	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cle Elum	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Cle Elum	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Zigzag Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Emerald Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Jaguaribe	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Summit	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Condamine Plains	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Grassmere 1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Launceston (Pumping Station)	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	16.6 C (61.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mistassini Post	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Walsh River Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Millmerran Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Stanthorpe Leslie Parade	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Kachess	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Limoeiro Do Norte	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	68.5 mm (2.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Maryland	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Minden	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Keechelus	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Snoqualmie Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Windsor Kings College	Canada	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Caguas	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Medford	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Rosewood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Dundee (Rangers Valley)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Helwan (Cairo)	Egypt	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Summit Grd STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kent	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Seattle UNIV of Washin	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Calliope Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Hollister 1 SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Hebgen Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Lovelock	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bandon 2 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Wenatchee	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Winthrop 1 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Keanae 346	United States	Record daily precipitation	110.7 mm (4.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Dalveen	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Western Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

355 records

Records set or tied on 24 January 1946 by type: Highest daily maximum 83, Lowest daily maximum 4, Highest daily minimum 27, Lowest daily minimum 17, Heaviest daily rainfall 172, Heaviest daily snowfall 46, Deepest snow cover 6.

Records on 24 January 1946 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	83
Lowest daily maximum	4
Highest daily minimum	27
Lowest daily minimum	17
Heaviest daily rainfall	172
Heaviest daily snowfall	46
Deepest snow cover	6

Records on 24 January 1946 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 11, daily 341.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

287 broken records

Margins by which the 287 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 292.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 January 1946

Top 20 records on 24 January 1946 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 January 1946	West Haldon, AU	all-time rain	173.5 mm (6.8 in)	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	0 years	63 of 100 (Major)
24 January 1946	Guayama 1SW, PR	daily high min	27.8 C (82.0 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	32 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 1946	Porthill, US	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	26 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 1946	Lake Kachess, US	daily snowfall	54.6 cm (21.5 in)	29.2 cm (11.5 in)	32 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 1946	Creston, CA	all-time snowfall	32.3 cm (12.7 in)	6.9 cm (2.7 in)	11 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 1946	Pleasant Valley, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	10 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 1946	Wallace, US	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	28 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 1946	Lyndon, CA	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	15 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 1946	Inglewood Post Office, AU	monthly rain	94.2 mm (3.7 in)	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	46 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 1946	Wallangarra Post Office, AU	daily rain	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	47 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 1946	Trout Creek 2 W, US	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	26 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 1946	Lake Keechelus, US	monthly snowfall	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	13.9 cm (5.5 in)	30 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 1946	Stehekin 4 NW, US	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	11 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 1946	Kilkivan Post Office, AU	daily rain	103.9 mm (4.1 in)	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	50 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 1946	Mountain View, CA	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	28 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 1946	Parkdale, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	28 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 1946	Nome AP, US	daily snowfall	16.3 cm (6.4 in)	10.5 cm (4.1 in)	8 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 1946	Banana Post Office, AU	daily rain	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	46 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 1946	Buchan (Gillingall), AU	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	36 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 1946	Detroit, US	daily rain	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	24 years	35 of 100 (Notable)

Significance is a score from 0 to 100 combining margin, the age of the old record and the length of the station's record. How it is computed.

The Same Date in Other Years

1796 to 1946

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1946. 1946 had 355 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 01-24 in each year
Year	Records
1796	1
1800	1
1817	1
1823	2
1828	2
1834	2
1845	1
1846	1
1849	1
1855	1
1858	1
1864	1
1866	1
1869	1
1871	1
1872	1
1873	1
1875	1
1879	2
1881	6
1882	2
1883	1
1884	1
1887	1
1888	1
1890	1
1891	4
1892	1
1893	2
1894	3
1895	3
1896	15
1897	2
1899	7
1900	4
1901	2
1902	7
1903	6
1904	11
1905	8
1906	20
1907	24
1908	12
1909	69
1910	20
1911	11
1912	11
1913	27
1914	27
1915	30
1916	28
1917	63
1918	52
1919	55
1920	34
1921	45
1922	89
1923	78
1924	116
1925	67
1926	100
1927	172
1928	215
1929	396
1930	639
1931	436
1932	245
1933	605
1934	361
1935	731
1936	1,085
1937	600
1938	545
1939	198
1940	827
1941	987
1942	634
1943	715
1944	634
1945	130
1946	355
1947	788
1948	1,257
1949	1,123
1950	1,342
1951	466
1952	383
1953	815
1954	368
1955	536
1956	366
1957	305
1958	381
1959	702
1960	348
1961	508
1962	478
1963	1,710
1964	461
1965	537
1966	553
1967	1,249
1968	711
1969	1,049
1970	834
1971	534
1972	756
1973	472
1974	636
1975	523
1976	631
1977	532
1978	1,427
1979	1,436
1980	782
1981	1,324
1982	759
1983	786
1984	677
1985	583
1986	415
1987	842
1988	766
1989	673
1990	929
1991	1,034
1992	894
1993	1,433
1994	634
1995	578
1996	1,150
1997	822
1998	524
1999	1,745
2000	1,135
2001	750
2002	1,724
2003	1,485
2004	719
2005	1,078
2006	928
2007	1,136
2008	973
2009	1,046
2010	1,225
2011	810
2012	503
2013	768
2014	926
2015	617
2016	887
2017	958
2018	721
2019	627
2020	789
2021	517
2022	434
2023	657
2024	1,018
2025	715
2026	1,625

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Sources: Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Climatology Network Daily (GHCN-Daily). Records are computed by World Extreme Weather Monitor and are not official NOAA products. (US Government open data (NOAA NCEI)) Made with Natural Earth. Public domain map data. Borders are Natural Earth's de facto depiction. Data as of 2026-10-17 (17 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Margin	Records
0 to 50	267
50 to 100	10
100 to 150	5
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	2
250 to 300	1